You can catch Opening Bid on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. Wild movements in the bond market have been one of the biggest stories on Wall Street in 2025. In part ...

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Ernie Higa, Chairman and CEO of Higa Industries, discusses Japan's skyrocketing rice prices, the country's cost push ...

The average price of a 60kg bag of rice harvested in 2024 has reached an all-time high of more than ¥26,400 ($184). While Japan has not run out of supply, it has yet to recover from a poor 2023 ...

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Household spending fell 0.1 per cent in April from a year earlier. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

TOKYO] The Bank of Japan should continue to proceed with monetary tightening, which would support a “normalisation of the yen ...

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U.S. stocks drifted lower as financial markets locked in their final moves before a highly anticipated update coming Friday ...

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